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Kiran Bala Bora Born 1904 (1904) North Haiborgaon, Nagaon, Assam, India Died January 1993 (aged 88–89) Panigaon Choiali, Nagaon, Assam, India Occupation(s) Freedom Fighter, Social Activist Years active 1919–1947 Known for Social Reformer Spouse Sanat Ram Bora Children 6 Parents Kamal Chandra Pandit (father) Saroj Aidew (mother) Kiran Bala Bora (1904 - 8 January 1993) was a freedom fighter ...
The civil disobedience in 1930 marked the first time women became mass participants in the struggle for freedom. Thousands of women, from large cities to small villages, became active participants in satyagraha. [70] Gandhi had asked that only men take part in the salt march, but eventually women began manufacturing and selling salt throughout ...
The Indian independence movement was a series of events aimed at ending the British rule in India, which lasted till 1947. Women played a significant and prominent role in the Indian independence movement. The participation of women in the movement started as early as the eighteenth century.
Matangini Hazra became actively interested in the Indian independence movement as a Gandhian. [6] A notable feature of the freedom struggle in Midnapore was the participation of women. [8] In 1930, she took part in the Civil Disobedience movement and was arrested for breaking the Salt Act. She was promptly released, but then participated in the ...
Oregon: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1859. Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] 1860. New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passes. [18] Married women are granted the right to control their own ...
Mahatma Gandhi had invited her to participate in the freedom struggle, but she refused because she wanted to devote her whole time to the welfare of women and children. But she supported the participation of women in Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930, and she resigned as legislator protesting against the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi. [12]
"Torches of Freedom" was a phrase used to encourage women's smoking by exploiting women's aspirations for a better life during the early twentieth century first-wave feminism in the United States. Cigarettes were described as symbols of emancipation and equality with men.
South Africa: The Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930, was an act of the Parliament of South Africa which granted white women aged 21 and older the right to run for office. 1931 United States, Michigan: A 1931 law criminalized abortion in Michigan except when the mother's life was in danger.